18/09/2018
*IMPORTANT LEGAL MAXIMS*
1. Corpus : Body
2. Bona fide : In good faith
3. Bona Vacantia : Goods without an owner
4. Causa proxima et non remota spectatur : The
immediate , and not the remote cause is to be
considered.
5. Contra : To the contrary
6. Caveat venditor : Let the seller beware
7. Consensus ad idem : Agreement as to the same
thing.
8. Caveat emptor : Let the purchaser beware
9. A I impossible nul n’est tenu : No one is bound to do
what is impossible
10. Actio exteriora indicant interiora secreta : External actions shows interna secrets
11. Actus Dei nemini facit injuriam : The act of god does not injury , no one is responsible for inevitable accidents
12. Bona fides non patitur , ut bis idem exigatur : Natural equity or good faith does not allow us to demand twice the payment of the same thing
13. Cujus est dare ejus est disponere : He who has the right to give also has the right to dispose of the gift
14. Ipso facts : By that very fact
15. Jus Natural : Natural justice
16. Jura publica anteferenda privatis juribus : Public rights are to be preferred to private rights
17 Justitia nemini neganda est : Justice is to be denied to no one
18. Animo testandi : With an intention of making a will
19. Animo furandi : With an intention of stealing
20.Assentio mentium : The meeting of minds , i.e. mutual assent
21. Audi alteram partem : No man shall be condemned unheard
22. Delegatus non potest delegar : A delegate or deputy cannot appoint another
23. Delegata potestas non potest delegari : A delegated authority cannot be again delegated
24. Culpa paena par esto : Let the punishment be proportioned to the crime
25. Commodum ex injuri su non habere debet : No man ought to derive any benefit of his own wrong
26. Confessio facta in judicio omni probatione major est : A confession made in court is of greater effect than any proof.
27. Volenti non fit injuria : An injury is not done to one consenting to it
28. Rex non potest peccare : The king can do no wrong.
29. Vice Versa : The other way round
30. Salus populi est suprema lex : The welfare of the people is the supreme law.
31. Verbatim : Word by word , exactly
32. Ubi jus ibi remedium : Where there is a right , there is a remedy.
33. Terra transit cm onere :Land passes with the encumbrances
34. Te**is nemo in su caus esse potest : No one can be a witness in his own cause
35. Trespass de bonis asportatis : An action brought to recover damages from a person who has taken goods or property from its rightful owner.
36. Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit , non qui negat : The burden of proof lies upon him who affirms , not he who denies.
37. Equity sequitur legem : Equity follows the law
38. Fiat justitia ruat caelum : Let justice be done , though the heavens should fall.
39. Scientia et volunti non fit injuria : A wrong is not done to one who knows and wills it.
40. Quod quis ex culpa sua damnum sentit , non intelligitur damnum sentire : He who suffers damage by his own fault , has no right to complain.
41. Qui per alium facit per seipsum facere videtur : He who does anything through another , is considered as doing it himself.
42.Quando aliquid prohibetur ex directo , prohibetur et per obliquum : When anything is prohibited directly, it is prohibited indirectly.
43. Nemo judex in causa sua : No one shall be a judge in his own case.
44. Nemo dat qui non habet : No one can give who does not possess.
45. Necessitas publica major est quam private : Public necessity is greater than private.
46. Necessitas facit licitum quod alias non est licitum : Necessity makes that lawful which otherwise is unlawful.
47. In jure non remota causa , sed proxima spectator : In law the proximate , and not the remote cause , is to be looked to.
48. Injuria sine damnum : An infringement of right without causing damage.
49. In propri cuus nemo judex : No one can be judge I his own case
50. Injuria propria non cadet in beneficium facientis : One’s own wrong shall not benefit the person doing it.
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